The First Lady was in Northern Illinois on Monday taking an interest in the state’s Community College system. Jill Biden, a junior college professor, toured Sauk Valley Community College where she touted the college’s program to allow students to work at the school to pay for tuition and fees. Biden says programs like that one will allow for students to be ready to serve their local communities.

Biden arrived in the Quad Cities and was joined by the US Secretary of Education, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos and Governor JB Pritzker.